Shakespeare in Hollywood: A New PlayWinner! of the 2004 Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant "asses" are tossed into loop |
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... cast , in order of appearance was as follows : LOUELLA PARSONS .. MAX REINHART ............. DICK POWELL .............. JACK WARNER ........... DARYL .................. LYDIA LANSING .............. OBERON ................
... cast , in order of appearance was as follows : LOUELLA PARSONS .. MAX REINHART ............. DICK POWELL .............. JACK WARNER ........... DARYL .................. LYDIA LANSING .............. OBERON ................
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... LOUELLA PARSONS DICK POWELL JIMMY CAGNEY JOE E. BROWN The play is written for 12 actors , 4 women and 8 men . The actors playing Hays , Brown , Cagney , Powell and Daryl double as Albert , Harry , Sam , Groucho , Tarzan and the Cowboy ...
... LOUELLA PARSONS DICK POWELL JIMMY CAGNEY JOE E. BROWN The play is written for 12 actors , 4 women and 8 men . The actors playing Hays , Brown , Cagney , Powell and Daryl double as Albert , Harry , Sam , Groucho , Tarzan and the Cowboy ...
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... Louella Parsons , the most famous gossip columnist of her day , was born Louella Oettinger in Dixon , Illinois . Dick Powell , who played Lysander in the movie , was indeed a heartthrob of the 1930s , and he starred in a string of ...
... Louella Parsons , the most famous gossip columnist of her day , was born Louella Oettinger in Dixon , Illinois . Dick Powell , who played Lysander in the movie , was indeed a heartthrob of the 1930s , and he starred in a string of ...
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